TELLDIR(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual TELLDIR(P)PROLOG
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NAMEtelldir - current location of a named directory stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <dirent.h>
long telldir(DIR *dirp);
DESCRIPTION
The telldir() function shall obtain the current location associated
with the directory stream specified by dirp.
If the most recent operation on the directory stream was a seekdir(),
the directory position returned from the telldir() shall be the same as
that supplied as a loc argument for seekdir().
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, telldir() shall return the current location
of the specified directory stream.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSOopendir() , readdir() , seekdir() , the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <dirent.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
IEEE/The Open Group 2003 TELLDIR(P)
